{"id":4151,"date":"2013-01-29T20:08:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T01:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2013-01-29T20:08:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T01:08:26","slug":"tigers-world-series-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2013\/01\/tigers-world-series-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers: World Series bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some team\u2019s goal of getting to the post season is enough. Some teams are satisfied with making it to the Championship Series or World Series, but not the Detroit Tigers.\u00a0 Last season the Tigers went to the World Series and got swept by the San Francisco Giants.\u00a0 Since the disappointing trip to the big show the Tigers have made their chances of not only getting back to, but winning the World Series.\u00a0 With the best one two punch in the MLB with Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder the Tigers get back slugging Victor Martinez to back up and protect Prince Fielder, and also re-aquired Tori Hunter to add a little bit of everything from the outfield position.\u00a0 But hitters and fielders aren&#8217;t the only thing the Tigers have done this off season to prepare for a run at another World Series.\u00a0 They re-signed Anibal Sanchez who was a dominate pitcher late in the season last year but crazy good in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>One main problem the Tigers did find themselves in last year was they didn\u2019t have a closer they could rely on.\u00a0 The general manager of the Tigers last Friday said that their new closer will be Bruce Rondon.\u00a0 This 6-foot-3-inch 265 monster of a man from Valencia, Venezuela has a fast ball that can reach into the triple digits and buckle the knees of any hitter with his of speed.\u00a0 With one of the best starting rotations in all of baseball it is necessary to have a man to rely on to close things out and get a win at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Spring training starts for the Tigers on Feb. 22, against the Atlanta Braves which many fans are anticipating to be the first game of a long World Series.\u00a0 Looking at the Tigers positions and lineup as a whole they have one flaw that needs to be addressed right away.\u00a0 Jhonny Peralta is a defensive liability on the field.\u00a0 He is the biggest and least athletic shortstop in the league and although may have some pop in his bat he hits for a terrible average.<\/p>\n<p>Even with that one hole in the Tiger\u2019s lineup\u00a0they are\u00a0still one of the most dangerous clubs in baseball and have a very good chance of going back to the World Series, but this year winning\u00a0four more games and bringing the trophy back to Detroit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some team\u2019s goal of getting to the post season is enough. 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